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These are all the parts im going to order for my new computer, tell me if you think theres something better or if i need anything else.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x CM Storm Trooper Full Tower Gaming Windowed Case - Black £124.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD1002FAEX) HDD £76.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020015-UK) £73.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £65.99
1 x Thermaltake Frio Advanced CLP0596 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £49.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £1,145.90 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Hmmmm
GPU- for that price Go for the MSI Lightning which is also bundled with 8 games as well as a M65 mouse and a mouse mat OR go for a cheaper.
CPU-get retail for warranty
Mobo- the LX2 is better but if you want dual card setup, Gigabyte Z77X-D3H
HDD-get a Seagate Brracuda 1TB
PSU- depends if you want single or dual GPU ready, 550w should be enough for single card, modular http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-060-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2466
RAM- cheaper, http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-000-AR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=1517
Cooler- the SB-e is on offer at £48 atm and you dont need to buy TIM as it comes with the cooler.
Get an SSD too :p

Did a quick spec :)
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7970 Lightning BOOSTED Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Corsair Vengeance M65 Mouse & OcUK Mega Mat!! £379.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black/White (CC-9011013-WW) £99.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x OCZ ZT 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply £79.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual CHannel Kit (PV38G213C1K) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £48
Total : £1,240.37 (includes shipping : £13.75).



As you can see, I went wit ha Haswell setup instead of the original suggestion
Sorry, I went a bit over budget :p
 
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haha dont worry about it, however i would like to just change a few things as i like to keep the style of the pc looking slick :D and the GPU wont be on offer when i buy these things so shall i still buy it on its own?

edit: Also the OEM has Integrated HD 4000 Graphics and the retail only has 2500, does that make a difference?
 
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A few comments:

The high end 7970s are excellent cards, but do you need that level of performance? You could get a 7950 for a lot less, and they perform almost as well.

With Haswell you get HD4600 graphics integrated. On a new system with this budget you shouldn't buy Ivy Bridge.

You don't need anything near 750W for this system, unless you intend to put two graphics cards in there.
 
Toaku said:
the OEM has Integrated HD 4000 Graphics and the retail only has 2500, does that make a difference?
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If it says that, then its a mistake. Both have HD4000 :)

Anyways, you should be looking at the 4670K and a Z87 motherboard, not a 3570K and a Z77 motherboard. The 4670K is the successor/replacement for the 3570K, and Z87 is the new chipset to match. :)
 
okay so atm my basket looks like this, i want it to look cool and go well with my case aswell as having high performance. My budget is £1,200

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Lightning 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £179.99
1 x CM Storm Trooper Full Tower Gaming Windowed Case - Black £124.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £85.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £59.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £53.99
1 x Thermaltake Frio Advanced CLP0596 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £1,172.84 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
i know i should be looking at the new generation things however the 4670K and a Z87 motherboard come to £329 and the 3570K and a Z77 motherboard only come to £266
 
So all this fits together nicely?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Lightning 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x CM Storm Trooper Full Tower Gaming Windowed Case - Black £124.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £59.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £53.99
1 x Thermaltake Frio Advanced CLP0596 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £8.99
Total : £1,204.80 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Yeah. That's much improved.

You can take off the thermal compound unless you specifically want to use that brand. If you think you'll need more disk space you could also get 1TB instead for £10 extra.

You may have to vary the graphics card depending on when you order. I'd still consider a 7950 overclocked though for £250ish unless you're at higher than 1920x1200.
 
Get the D3HP instead of the HD3 if you can. Its only a few quid more and is a much better board.
 
i was only ment to go up to £1000 but im sure someone will lend me £200 just untill the end of next month, but i will be upgrading my computer over a couple of years so when i have more money ill buy a water cooler for my cpu :D
 
Do you think my power supply will be compatible with my mobo?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Lightning 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x CM Storm Trooper Full Tower Gaming Windowed Case - Black £124.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Avexir MPower Red Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CRR) £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £59.99
1 x Thermaltake Frio Advanced CLP0596 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £49.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Xigmatek PTI-G3606 Thermal Grease - (3g) £3.98
Total : £1,205.80 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Get the D3HP mate. :p It's better for overclocking than the HD3 :)

You might come to be thankful of it if you plan on watercooling and such. :)
 
Congratulations !! You're been pimped.

(personally I would change that PSU to an XFX unit ;))

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black/White (CC-9011013-WW) £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A1600C9B) £67.99
1 x Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack £25.99
1 x Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM Low Noise High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Dual Pack (CO-9050012-WW) £25.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack £13.99
Total : £1,206.79 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
Ethermaster said:
Congratulations !! You're been pimped.

(personally I would change that PSU to an XFX unit ;))

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 WindForce 3x OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N770OC-2GD) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black/White (CC-9011013-WW) £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £83.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY8GX3M2A1600C9B) £67.99
1 x Corsair 2013 Edition Gamer Series GS 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020063-UK) £65.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £49.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Dual Pack £25.99
1 x Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM Low Noise High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Dual Pack (CO-9050012-WW) £25.99
1 x Corsair AF120 Performance Series Low Noise High Airflow - Single Pack £13.99
Total : £1,206.79 (includes shipping : £12.50).

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I really like that. :)

Im glad it's not just me who doesn't like the trooper, i think the 500R is much nicer.
 
thats the thing i have change the way it all looks now... they match my gpu and my cpu cooler matches my case

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Lightning 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £379.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 500R Midi Tower Case - Black/White (CC-9011013-WW) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CM) £71.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020048-UK) £59.99
1 x NZXT Havik 140 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £54.98
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) HDD £39.95
1 x Xigmatek PTI-G3606 Thermal Grease - (3g) £3.98
Total : £1,197.74 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
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